How to Use paternity in a Sentence

paternity

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• Tired of all the men in the birthing rooms trying to slip the noose of paternity—were there so many?
  — Nicole Krauss, The New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2022
• Donaldson came back from the paternity list and hit an RBI single that bounced off the top of the fence in the first.
  — Larry Fleisher, ajc, 10 Sep. 2022
• With my son’s paternity leave, this broke down to about three weeks each.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2022
• Kelly struck out two more in the eighth in his return from paternity list.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2023
• Surely most men do not want to be forced into paternity by the state.
  — Glamour, 13 May 2022
• Josh Hader has been put on the paternity list and is expected to miss three days.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 16 June 2022
• The 25-year-old lefthander will pitch in place of Dane Dunning, who was added to the league’s paternity list on Saturday.
  — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 28 May 2023
• Pollock already was scheduled to go on paternity leave around the time of the injury.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 22 Apr. 2022
• He was called up when outfielder Eli While missed time on the paternity list.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 9 June 2023
• Kopech is on the paternity leave list but is scheduled to start Saturday in New York against the Yankees.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 18 May 2022
• Roberts gave birth to Navy in August 2018, filing a paternity suit less than a year later.
  — Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 17 June 2023
• The other trial was a paternity suit brought by Berry’s mother, in 1943.
  — Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
• Their daughter was born in 2018, and Roberts filed a paternity suit against him a year later in Arkansas.
  — Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 25 July 2023
• The Sox elected against subbing in Luis Robert — who was on the bench after returning from the paternity list Sunday — in that spot.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2022
• Eight years later, around the time Joan of Arc led the French army at Orléans, husbands were also granted 30 days of paternity leave.
  — Vogue, 4 Apr. 2022
• Jones' attorneys had asked in court filings that the suit be dismissed but did not address the paternity claim.
  — Fox News, 21 Apr. 2022
• Guitarist and keyboardist Mark Bowen, who has been sitting out the band’s recent shows, is on paternity leave.
  — Piet Levy, Journal Sentinel, 4 Sep. 2022
• He was placed on the IL before the game with left-hander Brent Suter being reinstated from the paternity list.
  — Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 May 2022
• There are cases when a sperm donor has been awarded paternity rights against the will of the mother — or deemed a parent, against his own will, and ordered to pay child support.
  — New York Times, 3 May 2022
• The Dodgers will add another arm Tuesday, and Ferguson will be the fifth Dodgers player this season to be placed on the paternity list.
  — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2023
• Davis requested that the lawsuit be tossed on April 20 and instead filed the paternity suit to seek legal parentage.
  — Dallas News, 9 June 2022
• Former talk show host Maury Povich was brought in by the Denver Zoo to help in a paternity announcement for one of their orangutans.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 22 Dec. 2023
• Showrunner Sue Tenney teased the paternity issue to EW last year.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 8 July 2022
• He’d be fatigued for the first couple of days but would still be able to train and work out and could then enjoy some quality paternity time with his wife and newborn.
  — Bob McManaman, The Arizona Republic, 5 Oct. 2022
• How his mother kept the truth of his paternity a secret throughout his childhood.
  — Andrew Heffernan, Men's Health, 8 Feb. 2022
• The petition for paternity was initiated by Abelseth in 2011, the judge wrote in a filing.
  — Fox News, 20 June 2022
• The cast was eager to get back to it, with Breckenridge particularly antsy to find the answer to the question of the paternity of Mel's baby.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 20 July 2022
• James Paxton is on the paternity list, though he’s expected to pitch in Friday against Oakland.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 4 July 2023
• On a day Yuli Gurriel was out on paternity leave, their best hitter, Kyle Tucker, batted sixth.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2022
• Season 1 of the Amazon Prime Video series closes with two paternity bombshells that shake up the warring sides of the family.
  — Breanna Bell, Variety, 9 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024